is seeking to compel a lawyer for the former president to testify before the grand jury. according to a source familiar with the matter. prosecutors alleged in a sealed filing that they have evidence that some of trump s conversations with the attorney were in furtherance of a crime. the special counsel is reportedly asking a judge to invoke the crime fraud exception. and force an attorney to testify under oath about conversations between him and his client which in this case, would be evan corcoran and one donald trump. the new york times which was first to report the news at the special counsel is zeroing in on this quote, whether trump or his associates obstructed justice in failing to comply with demands to return a trove of government material he took with him from the white house upon leaving office, including hundreds of documents with classified markings. one potentially very important piece of evidence determining whether the ex-president or his attorneys obstructe
the president absolute was involved in this decision. he ordered it at the recommendation of pentagon leaders. he wanted it taken down and they did that. space i would try to glean the low down the chute on second object taken down over our airspace in less than a week for this time our reaction is a whole lot different whole lot quicker. here s at least we know for the time being. the threat to civilian flight was pretty clear given the altitude the thing was flying at. that is why the president ordered it shot down. but, this is what we still do not know, where did it come from and why did it take a reporter asking about it for us to hear about it fully 11 minutes into a white house press conference. questions will be asked of the top republican on the armed services committee. key democrat on the senate foreign relations committee tim kaine. they are both here and how will our relationship would try to play out in the 2024 campaign? maybe it already is. new hampshire repub
the suspected chinese spy craft brought down a week ago. according to the white house this is about the size of a small sedan, a lot smaller than the balloon. it was not equipped with a significant payload, in fact, who or what yesterday s object belonged to is still up for question. we re calling this an object because that s the best description we have right now. we do not know who owns it, whether it s a whether it s state-owned or corporate-owned or privately owned. we just don t know. well, the object s flight path over alaska was north easterly. it s unclear where it was first detected. the pentagon says it was spotted using ground radar, and again, altitude, 40,000 was determined safety threat to civilian airplanes so president biden ordered it shot down yesterday and summed up his feelings with one word. do you have anything to say about the object shot down over alaska, mr. president? and it was taken down 1 p.m. yesterday off the cost of alaska near the p
the wide open border. 17 suspects on the fbi watch list. flies in the face of everything we learned from 9/11. severing on the table. joe manchin did the rounds yesterday. ainsley: not ruling out running for re-election with a different party affiliation. i will do everything i can to support what s best for my country and state. final play looks like penalty. prescott gets smoked right away. that will do it. the 49ers back to the championship game. all dressed up for nothing. it s over. ainsley: we start with a crime story very close to home. looking at pictures of our friend and meteorologist adam klotz after he was beaten by a group of teenagers on a new york city subway after defending an older man that they were harassing. three of the teenage suspects were nabbed by cops but were released without facing any charges. brian: this is not the way you want to be on the cover of the new york post. adam klotz joins us now. you can see that and i m sur
you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex or parts. we ll begin again on the breaking news for the intensifying gantt hunt for the gunman wanted for a mass shooting near los angeles. here is what we know from police so far. at least ten people were killed which includes five men and five women. ten others have been injured. the suspect is still at large right. now police say they have received some conflicting descriptions from eyewitnesses. the shooting happened at a crowded dance studio in monterrey park just as lunar new year celebrations are underway. let s go to nbc s steve patterson who is on the scene since the wee hours of the morning. steve, welcome. what more can you tell us about this horrific shooting? what have you learned recently? top of my, we ve just had in your press conference as over the half an hour or so ago, with the l.a. county sheriff s department and with moderate police. with so many more that arrived on the s